Re: Data loss, vacuum, transaction wrap-around

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 04:10 am, Tom Lane wrote:
> pgsql@mohawksoft.com writes:
> > In fact, I think it is so bad, that I think we need to back-port a fix to
> > previous versions and issue a notice of some kind.
> 
> They already do issue notices --- see VACUUM.
> 
> A real fix (eg the forcible stop we were talking about earlier) will not
> be reasonable to back-port.
> 
Not to be rude, but if backporting is not an option, why do we not just
focus on the job of getting autovacuum into 8.1, and not have to think
about how a patch that will warn users will work?

Regards

Russell Smith